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re: LSU basketball recruiting woes in New Orleans
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:21 pm to Bubba Hotep
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:21 pm to Bubba Hotep
I just don't think NOLA is the hoops hotbed now you think it is. Every now and then we get a big time star but any 5star is going to go to a school where an established program is already in place (and on ESPN a lot), because they are one and done.
I agree that LSU needs to get a presence here again, and that means regularly playing some games in the NO Arena, maybe one or two a year, so these kids can be exposed to LSU basketball. We probably won't get the 5stars, but we should get the next tier of player.
And it wouldn't hurt if we somehow got Shaq involved with the program in some way, at least locally. There's just not much buzz about the team, even though they've improved since last season.
Lastly, this is football country. No one pays attention to basketball until LSU and the Saints are over, then it's Mardi Gras time. It's a hard fact, but true. Don't really know what the answer is, other than head up to Indiana and get whoever the Big 10 schools don't want.
I agree that LSU needs to get a presence here again, and that means regularly playing some games in the NO Arena, maybe one or two a year, so these kids can be exposed to LSU basketball. We probably won't get the 5stars, but we should get the next tier of player.
And it wouldn't hurt if we somehow got Shaq involved with the program in some way, at least locally. There's just not much buzz about the team, even though they've improved since last season.
Lastly, this is football country. No one pays attention to basketball until LSU and the Saints are over, then it's Mardi Gras time. It's a hard fact, but true. Don't really know what the answer is, other than head up to Indiana and get whoever the Big 10 schools don't want.
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Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:25 pm to MetTiger
How could Shaq be involved? 
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:28 pm to MetTiger
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Lastly, this is football country. No one pays attention to basketball until LSU and the Saints are over, then it's Mardi Gras time. It's a hard fact, but true.
You think kids who play basketball don't pay attention to basketball during football season? We're not trying to appeal to your average suburb fan we're talking about high school kids.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 3:29 pm to MetTiger
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I just don't think NOLA is the hoops hotbed now you think it is.
its been pretty hot the last 20 years.
They don't even have to recruit the highest caliber players. There are plenty of players that can play that are never seen simply because they do not put in the time. You think Brady & Co ever watched a Grace King game to see Danny Granger play, or watch Bo McCaleb play? Talk about 2 huge misses that no one wanted because no one saw them play. Ignored by their home state school when you know they are in the area to watch other kids
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